new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-pull-permission
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+mkdir a
+cd a
+hg init
+echo foo > b
+hg add b
+hg ci -m "b" -d "0 0"
+
+chmod -w .hg
+
+cd ..
+
+hg clone a b
+cd b
+hg verify
+
+cd ..
+
+chmod +w a/.hg # let test clean up